The TOI correspondent from Washington: America turned 250 on Saturday with the sort of birthday celebration only Washington DC could produce: military flyovers, patriotic music, thunderstorms, a late-night presidential address with huffy rhetoric about liberty, war, and greatness before thousands of feverish, flag-waving MAGA supporters, followed by enough fireworks to alarm the animal kingdom. And awkwardly between all this, several hundred masked white supremacists marching through the nation's capital.

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Americans are celebrating the nation's 250th birthday with fireworks, flyovers, parades, concerts, and patriotic displays.

The traditional fireworks display has been delayed for a speech from the President.

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President Donald Trump's speech included soaring rhetoric on American exceptionalism and warnings about the threat of communism.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump mixed partisan politics with patriotic appeals on Saturday as he commemorated the 250th anniversary of American indepen

US President Donald Trump on Saturday marked the 250th anniversary of American independence with a speech at the National Mall, combining patriotic appeals with partisan messaging…

Trump marks America’s 250th with a patriotic yet partisan address in Washington, honoring veterans while pushing his SAVE America Act and vision for the nation.